The Prof Dr Jan Sehn Institute of Forensic

The Prof. Dr. Jan Sehn Institute of Forensic Research Skopje (Скопје), Macedonia, 9 -12. 11. 2007 1

The Prof. Dr. Jan Sehn Institute of Forensic Research l Established in 1929 in Warsaw l Re-established in Kraków after the war l Under the aegis of the Ministry of Justice l l l Provides expertise for courts and public prosecutors in criminal and civil cases Carries out research projects Provides training for experts and administration of justice 2

Organisation 3

Organisation Management l l Director Research Director 4

Organisation Management l l l Director Research Director Scientific Board 5

Organisation Department of Forensic Toxicology l l l Alcohol and Drugs Section Inorganic Poisons Section Toxicological Analysis Section 6

Organisation Department of Criminalistics l l Section for Physico-Chemical examination Section for Fingerprints Examination Section for QD and Handwriting Examination Section of voice examination 7

In the Department of Criminalistics the following expertises are carried out: • Identification of: - fingerprints; - voice; - tool marks, footwear and tyre impressions; - bits of paint, glass, plastics, fibres, metals, tapes, oily stains (lubricants, oils) which made traces both on a scene of crime and on clothes of persons involved in it; - fire debris. • Analysis of gunshot damages ( also GSR); • Document and handwriting examination; • Reconstruction of the event and the estimation of the kind and the possibility of the occurrence of the traces on the basis of the analysis of case files and material of evidence. 8

FTIR Vis Py-GC/MS Raman 9

SEM/EDX XRF ATD-GC/MS 10

Organisation Department of Road Accidents Analysis l l l Section in Kraków Section in Gdańsk Section in Poznań 11

Organisation Department of Forensic Psychology 12

Organisation Forensic Haemogenetics Section 13

Organisation Quality Assurance and Logistics Division 14

Organisation Scientific Information Division l l l Library Editorial Office FSEC 15

Organisation Administrative Section 16

Organisation Financial Section 17

The Institute of Forensic Research in Kraków: has international contacts and co-operation with other forensic institutes in Europe; has participated in several European grants programs (TEMPUS, Leonardo da Vinci); is well equipped; employs specialists who represent a variety of disciplines, i. e. chemistry, biology, toxicology, commodities science, mechanical engineering, psychology and philology ; is the only academic and research centre of its kind under the auspices of the Ministry of Justice in Poland. 18

The Prof. Dr. Jan Sehn Institute of Forensic Research l l l 130 employees 48 experts 2270 reports issued in 1999 and 5580 in 2006 75 original papers published in 1999 and 95 in 2006 32 different research projects 384 public prosecutors and 79 judges who attended seminars organised under aegis of the Forensic Science Education Centre in 1999 19

Problems of Forensic Sciences • Published quarterly, with all articles appearing in both English and Polish • PFS is contributing the popularisation of forensic sciences. • All authors are cordially invited to cooperate and submit papers for publication • Contact: Institute of Forensic Research – Publishers address: Westerplatte 9, 31 -033 Kraków, Poland e-mail: papers@forensicscience. pl http: //www. forensicscience. pl 20

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